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Figure 2

From: MANTIS: an R package that simulates multilocus models of pathogen evolution

Figure 2

Examples of strain allele-sharing relationships within the multilocus framework. A set of matrix-diagrams highlight the relationships between all possible strains within systems defined with different antigenic structures. Relationships are highlighted in dark grey squares, representing pairs of strains (row, column) that share at least one allele (and therefore antigen). In contrast, light grey squares mark pairs with non-overlapping allele repertoires (discordant) that share no antigens. Examples of discordant strains are shown in blue for the systems {3,2} (AY with BX and CX) and {3,2,2} (ASY with BRX and CRX). Letters were arbitrarily chosen to build figurative strain sequences (locus 1: A, B, C, D, E; locus 2: R, S; and locus 3: X and Y).

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